Appliance Removal in Tampa
Fridges, washers, dryers, ranges, and water heaters — properly disconnected, dollied out, and recycled to code, from South Tampa bungalows to Brandon subdivisions.
Fridges, washers, dryers, ranges, and water heaters — properly disconnected, dollied out, and recycled to code, from South Tampa bungalows to Brandon subdivisions.
An old appliance is almost never a simple curb-side item. It's heavy enough to need two sets of hands, too bulky for a standard trash cart, and usually still plumbed, wired, or vented into something — a water supply line, a gas connection, or a sealed refrigerant loop you legally can't just puncture and drain. We run appliance removal calls all over Tampa on a near-daily basis, and more often than not the job shows up on the same afternoon a delivery truck is backing a replacement unit up the driveway.
Anything that plugs in, runs on gas, or lives in a kitchen or laundry room is fair game. That includes:
If a refrigerator has an icemaker or a door-mounted water dispenser, there's a slim water line feeding it — usually a quarter-inch copper or plastic tube tapped off a nearby valve. We shut that valve, disconnect the line at the fridge, and cap it off so nothing leaks onto your floor once the unit rolls out. Gas ranges and gas dryers get handled with extra caution: before anyone touches the appliance, our crew confirms the gas line has been shut off at the valve. If it hasn't, we won't force the disconnect ourselves — that's a job for a licensed plumber or your gas utility, both for safety and because a live gas line is outside what a junk removal crew should be handling. Once everything is safely disconnected, the unit gets strapped onto an appliance dolly instead of dragged across your floors, with blankets and corner guards protecting doorframes and stair edges the whole way to the truck.
Refrigerators, freezers, window units, and dehumidifiers all carry a sealed charge of refrigerant, and federal law flatly prohibits venting that refrigerant into the air when the appliance is scrapped. Section 608 of the Clean Air Act (40 CFR Part 82, Subpart F) requires that refrigerant be professionally recovered from these "small appliances" before recycling, and it places the responsibility for documenting that recovery on the final disposer — the scrap yard or recycling facility, not the homeowner. In Tampa's climate, where AC and refrigeration units run nearly year-round, that rule touches an enormous share of what we haul. Every fridge, freezer, window AC, or dehumidifier we pick up goes to a recycling partner with certified recovery equipment, so the refrigerant is pulled before the unit is ever broken down for scrap. This isn't an upsell — it's a legal requirement baked into the job, and it's a big part of why appliance disposal isn't something a standard trash service can just handle at the curb.
The cheapest version of this job is one appliance, already unhooked, sitting in an easy-access garage. From there, a handful of factors move the number: how many units are on the ticket (a single dishwasher versus a four-piece kitchen suite), whether our crew still needs to handle the disconnection on-site — water, gas, or vent duct — versus finding it already loose and ready to go, how far it has to travel to reach the truck (a walk-up unit, a long hallway, or a detached garage all add time), and for water heaters, whether the tank still needs draining before it's safe to carry. All of that gets worked into your quote before we ever show up, so there's no surprise add-on once the truck is in the driveway.
You shouldn't have to defrost and empty a fridge yourself, wrestle with a gas line, or figure out how to walk a washer down a narrow stairwell in a Hyde Park bungalow. Our crew takes care of the disconnection wherever it's safe to do so, the dolly work, and the doorframe protection on the way out. If there's an old sofa or mattress going at the same time, we'll fold that into the same stop instead of scheduling a separate trip — see furniture removal or mattress disposal for how those pair up. Because our trucks stage locally, most Tampa appliance pickups booked before early afternoon are wrapped up that same day.
Appliance removal runs at the same flat rate across every community on our service area list, from South Tampa and Hyde Park out to Brandon, Riverview, and Plant City. If you're replacing an appliance anywhere in that footprint, we can usually work the old unit's removal into the same week as delivery.
Appliance Removal is available same-day across Tampa and these nearby Hillsborough County communities:
Expect $110–$185 for a single unit — one fridge, one washer, one range. If you're clearing out a matched laundry pair or a whole kitchen suite at once, that typically runs $180–$260 depending on how many pieces are on the ticket and how much room our crew needs to maneuver them out.
Our crew handles the routine parts of disconnection on pickup day — unplugging units, shutting off the water valve feeding a washer or an icemaker, pulling dryer vent ducting. Gas ranges and gas dryers are the one exception: the line needs to be shut off by a licensed plumber or your gas utility before we touch it.
It gets pulled out by a certified recycling partner using proper recovery equipment rather than released into the air. That's not just good practice — federal EPA rules require refrigerant to be recovered before a fridge, freezer, or AC unit can be scrapped.
Absolutely — it's probably the single most common way this job gets booked. Give us your delivery window and we'll aim to have the old unit off your property that same day, or within a day or two if timing is tight.
Yes, standard residential tank units as well as the larger commercial-style tanks you'll sometimes find in Tampa multifamily buildings and older homes. Tell us which one it is when you request a quote so the price we give you is accurate.
Yes — if it's still in good working order, we'd rather route it to donation or resale than send it straight to a recycler, and we do that whenever the appliance is a reasonable candidate.
That access detail gets baked into your quote up front, not tacked on afterward. Plenty of homes near Davis Islands and South Tampa's flood zones sit up on elevated foundations, so just mention the stairs or the elevation when you call or text us a photo.
Yes — our crew shows up with appliance dollies and enough manpower to muscle out units that are seized up, off their casters, or otherwise won't budge on their own.
Yes — toss them onto any pickup alongside your larger appliances and they'll get routed to recycling right along with everything else.
Yes, at the same flat pricing across all fifteen Hillsborough County communities we cover — check the full service area list to confirm we reach your address.
It is. Refrigerant sealed inside refrigerators, freezers, window AC units, and dehumidifiers falls under Section 608 of the Clean Air Act, and venting it into the air is against federal law. A certified recovery step has to happen before the unit is scrapped, which is exactly why we send those appliances to a recycling partner set up to do that correctly.
We'll check the gas line before anyone touches a gas appliance. If it hasn't already been shut off, our team won't force a disconnect — that call belongs to a licensed plumber or your gas provider for safety reasons. Just let us know once it's been handled and we'll get pickup scheduled right after.
Yes, though freeing a built-in unit from cabinetry takes more time than pulling a standalone appliance, so flag it as a built-in when you request your quote and we'll price the extra labor accurately from the start.
Free quotes, flat pricing, and same-day pickup across Tampa and Hillsborough County.